Saxitoxin (STX) and its 57 analogs are a broad group of natural neurotoxic alkaloids,
commonly known as the paralytic shellfish toxins (PSTs). PSTs are the causative agents of …

Cyanobacterial blooms occur when algal densities exceed baseline population
concentrations. Cyanobacteria can produce a large number of secondary metabolites …

This review provides an in-depth survey of the recorded incidences in aquatic organisms of
mortality and disease events suspected or known to be caused by microalgal or ciliate …

The cyanobacteria or “blue-green algae”, as they are commonly termed, comprise a diverse
group of oxygenic photosynthetic bacteria that inhabit a wide range of aquatic and terrestrial …

Blooms of autotrophic algae and some heterotrophic protists are increasingly frequent in
coastal waters around the world and are collectively grouped as harmful algal blooms …

This is a critical review of the global distribution, sources of variation in toxicity, anatomical
partitioning, metabolism, and detoxification kinetics of paralytic shellfish poisoning (PSP) …

Paralytic shellfish poisoning (PSP) is the foodborne illness associated with the consumption
of seafood products contaminated with the neurotoxins known collectively as saxitoxins …

Abstract The IOC-ICES-PICES Harmful Algal Event Database (HAEDAT) was used to
describe the diversity and spatiotemporal distribution of harmful algal events along the …

The blooms of toxic cyanobacteria (blue–green algae) are causing problems in many
countries. During a screening of toxic freshwater cyanobacteria in Brazil, three strains …

The results of 10 yr of Australian research efforts on transport of toxic dinoflagellate cysts via
ships¹ ballast water are reviewed, supplemented with the conclusions of similar studies now …